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fan_from_texas

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Aug 10, 2011 1:33 PM
What's on your list? We haven't seen a good movie lately, so I'm looking for suggestions.

To start things off, I think my list would be:

The Shawshank Redemption
Slumdog Millionaire
Schindler's List
Lord of the Rings (I'll treat 'em all as one)
Forrest Gump

Honorable mention for:
The Usual Suspects
Zoolander
Saving Private Ryan
Life is Beautiful
The Prestige
Gladiator
The King's Speech
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Aug 10, 2011 1:33pm
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MontyBrunswick

Aug 10, 2011 1:35 PM
porn
Aug 10, 2011 1:35pm
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Manhattan Buckeye

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Aug 10, 2011 1:43 PM
1) Chinatown
2) Big Lebowski
3) Fargo
4) O Brother Where Art Thou
5) Casablanca


Needless to say, I'm a big fan of the Coen Bros.
Aug 10, 2011 1:43pm
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MontyBrunswick

Aug 10, 2011 1:44 PM
The Big Lebowski is the most over-rated movie I've ever seen. I was so disappointed by it.

ib4 "that's just like, your opinion, man."

also lol @ zoolander. you should feel bad for posting that.
Aug 10, 2011 1:44pm
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Aug 10, 2011 1:47 PM
dlazz;857528 wrote:The Big Lebowski is the most over-rated movie I've ever seen. I was so disappointed by it.

ib4 "that's just like, your opinion, man."
Agree 100%. I think it was just too over hyped by the time I actually saw it.
dlazz;857528 wrote:also lol @ zoolander. you should feel bad for posting that.

That's just like, your opinion man.
Aug 10, 2011 1:47pm
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Jester

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Aug 10, 2011 1:47 PM
Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
Inception
The Green Mile
Aug 10, 2011 1:47pm
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Manhattan Buckeye

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Aug 10, 2011 1:49 PM
You missed the best quote, it is:

"I had a rough night, and I hate the $&#^ Eagles, man".

The absurdity is genius. That film is as close to comedic perfection as we'll ever see.
Aug 10, 2011 1:49pm
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FatHobbit

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Aug 10, 2011 1:51 PM
I can't narrow it down to 5. I tried this before and have a list of 75. I could cut that down a bit, but not anywhere close to 5. And I'm probably missing some.

Also, I have not seen Schindler's list or Inception. Those are both on the list of movies I need to watch.
Aug 10, 2011 1:51pm
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fan_from_texas

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Aug 10, 2011 1:52 PM
Manhattan Buckeye;857526 wrote:1) Chinatown
2) Big Lebowski
3) Fargo
4) O Brother Where Art Thou
5) Casablanca
Okay, I give you 1-3 and 5, but O Brother Where Art Thou? That might go on my list of 5 movies I most hated, along with Garden State. I know a lot of people like it, but I just didn't.
dlazz;857528 wrote:also lol @ zoolander. you should feel bad for posting that.

Put a cork in it, dlazz! Zoolander is a classic, up there with Airplane, The Big Lebowski, and Blazing Saddles in my book.
FatHobbit;857540 wrote:Also, I have not seen Schindler's list or Inception. Those are both on the list of movies I need to watch.
Schindler's List is great, great, great. Moving, gut-wrenching, very visceral. I don't think I've ever been so physically moved by a movie like that--it was intense. I don't think I'd watch it again, but I'm glad I did once.

We saw Inception last weekend. Good movie, but not great--it reminded me of Memento, where half the movie is just figuring out the details of what's going on. Cool idea, pretty good execution, solid movie and worth the money, but not in my top 10.
Aug 10, 2011 1:52pm
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MontyBrunswick

Aug 10, 2011 1:56 PM
Airplane is leaps and bounds better than Lebowski. You are going to hell for putting those two on the same level.
Aug 10, 2011 1:56pm
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fan_from_texas

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Aug 10, 2011 1:57 PM
dlazz;857544 wrote:Airplane is leaps and bounds better than Lebowski. You are going to hell for putting those two on the same level.

Surely you must be joking.
Aug 10, 2011 1:57pm
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bigdaddy2003

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Aug 10, 2011 2:03 PM
Coen Brothers are great. I like everything they have made. I have yet to check out two of their movies though. I believe they came out in the late 80's or early 90's.
Aug 10, 2011 2:03pm
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Aug 10, 2011 2:06 PM
1. Rocky
2. Goodwill Hunting
3. Gladiator
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. Hangover
Aug 10, 2011 2:06pm
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Manhattan Buckeye

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Aug 10, 2011 2:08 PM
"Okay, I give you 1-3 and 5, but O Brother Where Art Thou? That might go on my list of 5 movies I most hated, along with Garden State. I know a lot of people like it, but I just didn't."

Certainly a film that is controversial, and that gathers strong opinions. For me it is pure joy. The audacity to take Homer's Odyssey and translate it into a septia-laced Great Depression-era Mississippi background story is a bold endeavor. The film just makes me happy. I have two copies of the dvd (US and Aussie region) and when I get upset about something I just put it in and go to my favorite parts - the musical numbers themselves are enough to make me forget about any problems.

I could go to this scene every day:

"Pete: Well I'll be a sonofabitch. Delmar's been saved.
Delmar O'Donnell: Well that's it, boys. I've been redeemed. The preacher's done warshed away all my sins and transgressions. It's the straight and narrow from here on out, and heaven everlasting's my reward.
Ulysses Everett McGill: Delmar, what are you talking about? We've got bigger fish to fry.
Delmar O'Donnell: The preacher says all my sins is warshed away, including that Piggly Wiggly I knocked over in Yazoo.
Ulysses Everett McGill: I thought you said you was innocent of those charges?
Delmar O'Donnell: Well I was lyin'. And the preacher says that that sin's been warshed away too. Neither God nor man's got nothin' on me now. C'mon in boys, the water is fine.

and still get uplifted by it.
Aug 10, 2011 2:08pm
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Aug 10, 2011 2:08 PM
1) Full Metal Jacket
2) American History X
3) Seven
4) Pulp Fiction
5) Godfather
5a) Fight Club

*these are not ranks, just listed them as they came to mind.
Aug 10, 2011 2:08pm
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MontyBrunswick

Aug 10, 2011 2:09 PM
we're in a tight spot
Aug 10, 2011 2:09pm
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Scarlet_Buckeye

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Aug 10, 2011 2:14 PM
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
The Matrix
Inception
Avatar
Toss up between: Point Break or Titanic or Gladiator
Aug 10, 2011 2:14pm
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thavoice

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Aug 10, 2011 2:16 PM
Watched one of my favs last nigiht...

The Rookie.
Aug 10, 2011 2:16pm
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Sonofanump

Aug 10, 2011 2:24 PM
In this order:

Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Shawshank Redemption
To Kill A Mockingbird
Caddyshack
Pulp Fiction

Next Five:

Saving Private Ryan
Stand By Me
It's A Wonderful Life
Pride and Prejudice
The Usual Suspects

Hon Mention:

The Empire Strikes Back
Back to the Future
Schindler's List
Casablanca
Dogma
The Godfather
LOTR: The Return of the King
Star Wars
Jaws
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Goodfellas
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Fight Club
Citizen Kane
Aug 10, 2011 2:24pm
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4cards

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Aug 10, 2011 2:32 PM
...MyTop (5)

The Godfather ( Parts 1 & 2)
Shawshank Redemption
Die Hard
The Shining
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Aug 10, 2011 2:32pm
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Aug 10, 2011 2:33 PM
Top 5:
Pulp Fiction
Casino
Inception
The Dark Knight
The Empire Strikes Back

Next 5:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Halloween
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Saving Private Ryan

Hon. Mention:
LOTR: The Two Towers
LOTR: Return of the King
Star Wars: A New Hope
Total Recall
Rudy
Back to the Future Part I
Back to the Future Part II
Caddyshack
Terminator 2
Friday Night Lights
Backdraft
The Natural
Gettysburg
JFK
Schindler's List
Batman Begins
American Pie
Spaceballs
Gladiator
Fargo
Rocky IV
Dumb and Dumber
Aug 10, 2011 2:33pm
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OneBuckeye

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Aug 10, 2011 2:33 PM
My top 5 recent Movies that may not be on everyone else's list, in no particular order.

Moon
Into the wild
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy
Zombieland
Hot Fuzz
Aug 10, 2011 2:33pm
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FatHobbit

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Aug 10, 2011 2:35 PM
I'm surprised nobody has listed the bourne movies yet. Everybody seemed to love them on another thread. I haven't watched any of them, but planned to just based on that reaction.
Aug 10, 2011 2:35pm
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Sonofanump

Aug 10, 2011 2:38 PM
The_Crosby_Show;857589 wrote:Top 5:
Rudy
The Natural

I'll add these on my HM list.
Aug 10, 2011 2:38pm
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Manhattan Buckeye

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Aug 10, 2011 2:40 PM
"Raiders of the Lost Ark"

A timeless classic (or is that an oxymoron?), at any rate a film that could be released in '11 and be the biggest hit of the year. A great, great film.
Aug 10, 2011 2:40pm